Lantern-holder.



No. 824,101. I PATENTED JUNE 26, 19-06.

' J G DITTMBR LANTERN HOLDER. APPLIOATION TILED APBHS. 1906.

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Elmumkw J 626552 761 No.{824',l0,1. PATENTBD JUNE 26, 1906 J G DITTMER LANTERN HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 5. 1906.

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3 UNITED s'rATns PATENT OFFICE;- Y JOHN G. DITTMER, OF BURT, IOWA.

LANTERN-HOLDER.

-No. 24,101. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June as, 1906.

Application filed April 5, 1906. Serial No. 310,106. I

To all whom it may concern: Secured to the under portion of the pole at Be it'knownthat I, JOHN G. DITTMER, a the rearward end of the arm7 there isaspringo citizen of the United States, residing at Burt, latch 15, which engages-the finger 9 to prein the county of Kossuth, State of Iowa, have vent removal of the arm. It will be seen invented certain new and useful Improves that the latch may be moved downwardly ments in Lantern-Holders and I do hereby against the spring action to disengage it from declare the following to be a full, clear, and the finger 9. exact description of the invention, such as A lamp 16 has a socket 17, in which the upwill enable others skilled in the art to which wardly-turned portion 8 of the arm is enit a pertains to make and use the same. gaged.

his invention relates to headlights, and In Fig. 4 of the drawings there is showna more particularly to those for horse-drawn plate 18, having vertically-spaced collars 19 vehicles, and has for its object to provide a secured thereto for the reception of the porheadlight which may be ap lied to the pole tion 8 of the-arm, this plate 19 extending ver- I5 of a two-horse vehicle and which may be tically and being arranged for the reception readily detached when not in use. of a dashboard-lantern, as will be readily un- Other objects and advantages will be apderstood. I parent from the following description. What is claimed is 11 the drawings formlng a portion of'this 1. The combination with a vehicle-pole, of 2 specification, and in which like numerals of an arm disposed against the pole and having reference indicate similar parts in the several an oflset portion for the reception of the eye ent Invention applied to a pole. Fig. 2 is a set ortion and with the arm, a ring engaged view showing the arm and lam removed wit the ole and with the arm between the 25 from the pole. Fig. 3 is a top p an view of brace-r0 and the offset portion, said arm Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a pers ective view of theforhaving its forward end turned upwardly for ward end of the arm, sliowin an attachment the reception of alamp-carrying bracket, said 7 5 for use in connection with a ashboard-lamp. arm having a laterally-extending finger at its Referring "now to the drawings, there is rearward end, and a spring-latch securedto' 30 shown a pole 5 of a wagon, having the usual the pole and engaged with the finger to hold I yoke-receivin flange 6 adjacent to its for- 'the arm against removal from the pole.

ward end. metallic arm 7 is disposed 2. The combination with a vehicle-pole, of against the under side of the pole and extends a spring-latch secured thereto at its under forwardly therebeyond and has its forward side, an arm having a finger at its rearward 3 5 end portion turnedupwardly at right angles, end engaged with the latch, said arm extendas shown at 8, and at its rearward end the arm ing forwardly beyond the pole and having its has a downwardly and forwardly directed forward end portion turned upwardly for enfinger 9-. Between the finger 9 and the u gagement in a lamp-carrying bracket, said wardly-turned portion 8 of the arm the latter arm having a downwardly-offset portion be 40 is offset downwardly to receive the lower portween its upwardly-turned end and its finger, tion of the yoke-receiving flange 6 and the eye and a ring engaged with the arm forwardly of views, Figure 1' is a side elevation of the presof a yoke, a brace-rod connected with the off- 70 11 of the yoke 12. A brace-rod 13 extends dithe offset port on and with the pole. o

agonally from the lower portion of the offset In testimony whereof I afiix my signature portion 10 to the arm 7 at a point forwardly of. in presence of two witnesses.

4 5 this offset portion, andengaged with the arm JOHN G. DITTMER.

between the rod 13 and the portion 10 there is Witnesses:

a ring 14, which is engaged over the end of the O. H. BLossoM,

pole 5 to support the arm. H. O. BUnLL. 

